Ac Milan 3-0 Atalanta
Milan scores an impressive victory
AC Milan scored an impressive and important victory over Atalanta at the San Siro Stadium in Milan. The 3-0 win, which comes after fourth placed Fiorentina’s 2-0 loss against Palermo, took Milan five points adrift of Fiorentina and to a safer position to get hold of the Champions’ League spot.
Milan dominated the match against the 10th placed Atalanta right from the start to finish. Milan closed off the match with Filippo Inzaghi’s hat-trick. Inzaghi opened his scoring spree in the seventh minute with a beautiful half volley off a cross from Marek Jankulovski past Atalanta’s goalkeeper, Consigli. Milan missed a few close chances to score after Pato’s near perfect shots were drifted off by the goalkeeper.
Inzaghi finally made it 2-0 in the 71st minute after Pato fooled Consigli and opened up the net only to pass the ball to Inzaghi, who easily shot it through. He followed it up soon with a third in the 74th minute with a wonderful shot off a Jankulovski cross. It was all over for Atalanta from there and Milan warded off any serious threat from Atalanta to come back into the match.
The last minutes close to the finish saw standing ovation for both Beckham and Inzaghi from the Milan fans. Milan’s happy manager, Carlo Ancelotti will look to carry forward this excellent form of Milan through the rest of the season and secure a direct berth in the Champions’ League.
Goals: Filippo Inzaghi 7′ ; 71′; 73′
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